The Sun. — London, England, 1836-03-17 00:00:00

RAMS GATE-WEDNESDAY. HiS NI • flay about aiesty's steam-packet Ferret arrived here this la e half-past one o'clock, having left Calais at nine. 1142csequence of the bar being up at the mouth of ) 44 co' harbour, she was unable to enter that port. She tied b y hoard the Prince Ferdinand of Portugal, accompa liigh 3 ' his father the Duke, and his brother, his Serene ton e iT ss Augustus of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, and his Se idigh High the Prince of Leinengen, son of her Royal ps the the of Kent, four carriages and suite. th e zi ,'ev was thronged with spectators assembled to greet ho,arucill!strious visitors. The numerous vessels in the har 4ad th is PlaYed their flags ; the• royal standard was hoisted, trio us e s cene Yeas' truly animating. On landing, the illus kiestst,rangers were received by Mr. Hodges, his Belgian . hotel Y 8 C°nSta at this ort, and escorted to the Albion oar r i a ,', W here they remained p to take refreshment, whilst . the of Vs were disembarked. About four o'clock the Prince ther w t i , n gen departed for London in his caleche. Shortly tioter' s the Prince of Coburg and sons left the Albion les s th i n three carriages and four, and two post-chaises. In cor vo, 4 ° t h an hour after their departure, the Baron de Mon ef , t he Portuguese Minister, and Lord Elphinstone, oo Sanctatn Lords of the Bed-chamber, who was sent to Dover of pY to receive and attend on the Prince Ferdinand , 1 ;46 drove in from Dover with three of the King's IC,, e , s ' which had been sent thither to convey the Prince "otio e e , —n gten Palace. An express had been sent, from toi s , t , A ‘c Dover as soon as the packet was in sight, which tliff ere t' these noblemen, owing to each party having taken 4k at ' l t routes; consequently their disappointment was tad 4 1 ° , 4 their arrival here to find that the illustrious party '45 -fact.alt their left Ramsgate for the metropolis. The arrival to Dr the Royal visitors was so unexpected that .ellei,Parations were made for their reception. Le Courier, llef r e : Tail Packet, came in here also this morning shortly eal ° s • - t ne Ferret, with about fifty passengers. She left b, e is after the Ferret had started. The arrival of these otiii t r vessels at this port is an additional proof of the iroeL e , l .Ramwate harbour, which can be entered at a l I 41aethe e,:`,, t 'de, and at all winds ; whereas Dover is frequently Risible from a bar being thrown up at its mouth, eoly:k Prevails at W. or S.S.W. If public convenience tooei',,ere consulted, the establishment of Post-office packets Tam s between England - and Ostend would be fixed at Clu e b a te, as it is decidedly the nearest British port to Bel this I ,' a nd as vessels c an at a ll ti mes o f tid e en t er an d leave ha r bour without the use of boats, a considerable time generally be saved in the transmission of the mails. MADRID. (FROM A PRIVATE CORRESPONDENT.) Madrid, March 4. % 44 111 11 ° iGaz..ette gives an official account of the Captain, Il d.Per i i ° I Catalonia, announcing the dislodgement and ' ; srli at °° a a rebel corps from Mura, commanded by the tel o4, Chiefs Sirera, Fep de Serria, and a native of Bar teitt of ',IIarne.D.DIUIOWD. Likewise, the more important de :l34 4,000 or 2,400 Carlists at Santa Lima, on the roa d i'•t ll oti t e lt r e , l % Where fifteen or sixteen were killed, and many d e ed ° Y the column of Colonel Arpiroz. Among the ear w tl ° two Carlist Chiefs, Francisco Terres, Chic ho e 44, -e. to Farfana, an Adjutant of Borges. A priso ner .l 4 13 'as to have been shot next day, by way of reprisa t , eo ne d °f the Queen's soldiers put to death by the rebe l s. .11.1;-,,170 reports, in a dispatch dated Feb. 24, that the t i ", 1113- ri o ' llief El R ojo, having advanced with 300 infantry placed, Geeral Fello sent one half of his lancers 1;1)0,s-1°1104re them, suppo rted by one company of foot, A dJ4tthe enemy, , ed dispersed him with loss. •An 0 / 7 tt ,of Tellos, and y a staff o ffi cer, were wounded. ZPart 'i_ stl ,,We . dnesday,• eighty individuals, who had borne ` Q e o w ° Jim disorders of Barcelona, amongst whom was e t ' o u b s Xandero, were embarked on board the ship transported beyond sea, by order of the T , ev„ u eneral Mi na . hs ' a tslo - h "; c olumns of 2,000 men each, are orgenized in ' 4l l - l a, and will soon clear the Principality of the re s of I'4 Carlism. pi e ' °t lling and armament, drill, and instruction of the I'4 I ' B of the gran d l evy o f 100,000 men , proceed re- Ab out 600 were mustered yesterday afternoon, in k• ly• ra d° of Madrid. They are all young men— re4o4 : their very short, so as to b e obliged ached pantaloons, which would otherwise have ° ver their toes. They seemed to be . in good , - " t ert sl ; an ci quite prou d of their new military trappings, and fear of a ny desertion to the enemy. Upw t a h r e ds Z e fo • ' r l lien are in different depots, from which th em by land and by sea to the army of the North, y '",oney for the fines of those who bo ught . themselves 44• 1 4, tl ie coffers of Government: This Grand . Levee Zre e m ' is therefore no longer an impracticable chimera, a "ttli 14 Y boast, bravado, as it has been termed by the or 4° l Ca r I)r e ! No ll r ism ; but a papable proof of the prudence lie m r ,of the Queen's Government, as it has been justly fk 4l44 • 4t i' his Mlijesty'r . Speech at the opening of Parne ll at ill dvised Prince, the Pretender, has already i(l 44d will -a • eot soon still more sensibly feel the blows of the 1, 114i4 whi ch vigorous conduct of the present Government of t C . : l ,Ar: t l( o ll , l . l is_seeret supp orters h move heaven and earth del ist (2 , te uiSPlace. They n . av a e got up a report in all the tha t t leS tia t ro ha u t k M e e d z hal will be driven from the of Rivas and Senor Isturiz will be S eci r wit il the e formation of a new Ministry, the latter 'veder'°4eously supp os ed to be offended at not having re -1111:4104t4;eat in the p res ent Cabinet., whereas he i 3 still on (14•141,'lltiniate terms P with the present Premier, visits 1 , , °11 • fl(1 will supp ort him to the utmost, as time wi ll ith respect t o the Duke de Rivas, who as Vice t`;l., of t;" 11 1 d. not well uphold his authority in the Ch e m- io pe er h e would a very respectable . man, a nd sincere 41,1 1 ` 1 %10d 11 ,, t h emake a sorry premier to ride s on the . eon •°'• anarchy, and to restrain factious provincial the n or stituent Junt a s ; besides, where would his Grace tc Th~di sinews of war, money, to pay the army. N nd en a ds t eq at ri t HAS are slowly improving. The Debt without in "'"tavo was today down at 14k. B ANK OF ENGLAND. 11 11) ' 11'11' 11,8114 averacre return of of the liabilities and assets of 4 , 11 : 41 t :„..; :l e f England, embracing the period from the 15th . th i, t ol g: t s o Gr, 1 835, to the Bth . inst., .which was inserted . in , azette gives the following results—viz., that 18 3 th e of the ; - nonth ending the . Bth inst., as compared 1.1.1115 1-. av erage of the month ending the 15th December, I N , e ) a s se l lvl's an increase in the circulation of 936,000/.,.a u st oc k the `°4 of bulliondeposits of 4,200,0001., and an increase ., in of 690,000/. Wherefore it appea l. rs , tii 4l th tli t t : i s a deerease in the liabilities of 3,264,0 . 00 . 1, til'elley il;etptesents the . decrease in . the total quantity . ? t tt4lothle month ending the Bth inst., as compared with „ IRlR4I'd - "ing the 15thr of December, 1835, so far . as , tlßlitha.lthe administration of the currency by the Bank of and `qt 4 , 0 Yearly ,,com parison is as follows :—The average of 4 ;1 1.4 ' tltriiir ending the Bth instant, as compared , with the I, ste e '' ' e n - ` t ne month ending the 7th of April 1835, shows .n Z i (1 4 1 in the circulation of 483,000/., an increase i 13 t - i' li e"s i ts , 01 ` 137 1000/., and an increase in the stock ere of is 1., - i4l.„°- ',.665,000/. Wherefore it appears that there re 'tea e ' - ase in The liabilities of 3,888,0 . 00/. ; and this . ttln "t th e • . - etli t.e increase in the total quantity of money,. in the 't ltt "(ling the Bth instant, as compared with the Month t4ll 4„ tht 7 til of April 1835, in so far as.regards the ad the.l4°C the currency by the Bank of England . tei lr , - Pro c . A • kp ' e s i '-`44lg statement and remarks relate to diffe list4al:?4'Y ; but the following statement will exhibit . the h, * Ilt Zraa'e amounts of the circulation, the deposits, and ''tleit,-;of bullion, at the intervals of three months, com 4i7eLle 7 tb or April 1835, and ending the Bth inst: : Cge of the month ending the 7th of April 1835. ,lretilation - ... £19,053,000 kier,osits *************************** 11,557,000 Avel3lillion ... ********************************** 6,536,000 *********** ............. ' f • -•ge of the month ending the 30th of June, 1836. ,-Irculati -r, On ................ .. .......... . - £18,618,000 ""eposits ... Av,_ll4lli, ... e rage ........................... 12,715,000 o f " , t ............ 6,743 000 , th e. Month... ......... "•••••• ti_retliation ending the 22d of September, 1835 A. e utzei sits ............... ............. .R 18,318,000 rte 11i0 n,,,.... .............................. 15,481,000 Aith_ mom ...... ................. 6,548,000 , e re e i at e ,_ . ending the 15tb of December, 1835 4llyeioe ................................ 20,128,000 61, r age of ...................... 7,511,000 te eei ation ..1:110 month ending the Bth instant. 11,111 2 %4s ...... :--•••••••••••••• .. —X18,570,000 ................................ 15,928,000 ........ 8,201,000 __ lvtlitLtilktl.,llll,°ll------------CHANI.---.We learn with sincere plea t the last Brougharn's health has materially improved Nesallble that two or three weeks ; but it is not considered 8 '' , ... at he should return to London till after the Easter 4. eeds /ere j!)llß‘3s Strlith e ur t . -,-, qttr' tq music ) 0 . the IJOltill House, Dorset, whose l'e !v°ln ar e so p‘oyular, has just published a beautiful I -qu 1 --, entitl Lep 4 lYvy 1 ed, Songs of the Alhambra," which will 4 `ar m 'QS o uch e gr ac e to her numerous friends and to the üblic. Qt f i - and sweetness in these productions, and L, tv e Lyricesucate feeling, which forcibly reminds us of some l or Lilo (44)11 P oems of the late lamented Mrs. Hemans. _ Ve '' rai 'ors -- . t tballthis beautiful volume will have a large circle b` l 'A'r op 1 %i t 're, Es RELAND.—The High Sheriff, Vero Pay;:, Relth f 'I., Presented Judge Perrin an elegant . pair of L‘r . ri tir , , e 4 4size,lll-`_. gloves, on the singular occasion of our s --..zimer.iving Proved maiden, and no sentence of death ~i, Nt0 k ,,,,, 'oh Chronicle. 44 ' h Q IN T E third window in dt, i , IS t o . URKEy,—_ very th and w 0 is a • he ~ varlet.. pipe shop, and they show, by their splen ; sk ok .re marked J, the expensiveness of the passion. Some of e. 200 dollars. The streets reek with tobacco TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR—As the subjet of railroads absorbs in a remarka ble manner public attention, and so strongly has the stream set in upon the public 'hind, that advocate as I am for their adoption, I think it behoves the Government to be on its guard to protect from ruin those which the go vernment has already sanctioned, as well as others now projected. Having for many years considered the subject of railways though not professionally—having visited most of those now in existence, and being intimately acquainted with the geography of Great Britain, I flatter myself in being able to form a tolerable judgment of the various main lines now projected. With your permission, I will therefore offer alew remarks on some of the prominent projections, which may possibly be of some public use. With respect to the Liverpool and Manchester line, little need be•said, because its success is now beyond dispute. I consider, among those now in progress, that the one of the greatest national im portance, and which will maintain the highest return, not excepting the Liverpool, is the Great Western ; next to this, the Birmingham and Grand Junction—the Great North of England—the Great Northern—the Midland Counties—and the Eastern Counties. And among the minor ones may be mentioned the Brighton, Exeter, and the Bath and Weymouth. To the last I have devoted a good deal of attention ; and although, at first sight, one would be apt to view it lightly, yet I am persuaded, upon mature consideration, it will be found to hold out greater public good than many more rc cently projected. It is a material point that the preamble to a Bill should be amply proved, and to do that in the present case I think there will be little or no difficulty. It is well known there are no coal mines in Dorsetshire, but in the ad joining County, Somerset, there are inexaustible fields of that mineral. At present that necessary article is supplied from the North of England or Wales, which renders the price, owing to land carriage in the interior of the County very considerably more than would be the case if the pro posed railway was effected, and if it can be proved that a saving can thereby be obtained of 20 or 30 per cent., and produce a reasonable remuneration to the subscribers, that alone will materially prove the preamble, But there is ano ther consideration of still greater importance, as far as remu neration to the subscribers and public accommodation are con cerned. At present the gentry in Bath, Bristol, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Worcester, &c., who are in the habit of frequenting the sea-side, either go to South 'Wales or the coast of Devon, and some few to the inferior places on the coast of Somer set. Now, if a railway should be made to Weymouth, ac knowledged to be the finest bay in England, and, I have heard, only exceeded in Europe by the Bay of Naples— and that passengers can be conveyed in three hours, at a few shillings expense—l think it rational to conclude that Weymouth (independent of the London visitors) would become the Brighton of the West of England ; for what person in his senses would prefer going to the other places mentioned, to be double or treble the time in going, and at double or treble the expense, to obtain very inferior accommodation for bathing—to the truth of which those who have visited the different places can testify. In addition to these advantages, the proposed line will not interfere with any line now projected, being as it were midway between the Southampton and Exeter pro jections. This cannot be said of several that are now pro jected, among which stand prominently the one called the South-western and the Cheltenham and Oxford. In my view the great Western will amply supply, with trifling branches, the wants and accommodations of both ; and there fore it does appear to me a wanton waste of property with out an adequate cause. When it is reflected on, that the journey from Exeter to London by the great Western is little more than 30 miles, and consequently only a saving of about 10 minutes, what reasonable showing can be made for making upwards of 100 miles of railway merely to ac complish so'trifling an object; for if a single railway be made from Warminster (to which place a branch is pro posed to be made from the Weymouth) to Salisbury, and from there to Winchester, it would gain nearly all the ob jects that appear to me would be accomplished by the pro posed South-west line ; and a line from Oxford to the great Western would meet nearly all the objects proposed by the Cheltenham and Oxford, and thus save perhaps the de struction of 400 or 500 acres of land without benefiting in either case the subscribers. Let the subscribers send advo cates of these projects, examine the lines carefully, and I feel persuaded they must come to nearly the same con clusion. These remarks are made, not to discourage rail ways, but to prevent as much as possible an useless outlay of wealth, and thus render that which with prudence will be a public benefit, on actual inquiry. I remain, your's &c. OBSERVER. SPIRIT LICENSES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. hope you will excuse me writing you respecting the remarks, contained in your paper of.tho 1 Ith inst., on the Spirit Licenses. I must confess that, when I read your paper, I was sur prised you did not understand our situation better ; for I feel confident from having taken in yOur paper between four and five years, that, if you understood our situation, you would at once advocate our cause. You say that the operation of this law is such as any enlightened person would desire. Now, Sir, my opinion is, that the operation of this law is such that every enlight ened person can find fault with ; for since this new law came into operation, it has pressed heavily, and most unjustly, on the Licensed Victualler. I will give you one instance of the operation of this law. I was at a public meeting of the Licensed Victuallers last night (there may be some excuse for your not understand ing our situation, for actually the Licensed Victuallers themselves do not understand their own situation), when there was a statement made by a Licensed Victualler that startled his hearers, and no doubt it will stimulate them to exeftions in their own behalf. The fact above alluded to is this : a person that lives at the sign of the Dove and Rainbow, Parliament-street, in this town, stated that he went into the above house during the last year ; before he went to the house, the amount charged for a spirit license was six guineas, when the 501. per cent. was added the first time he was called upon to pay his license, the charge made (and he paid it) was fifteen guineas ; the reason assigned was that the house was rented at 501. a year. There are many other instances in this town, and the system is to be followed up, so that any man leaving his house that pays six guineas a year for his spirit license, the incoming tenant must pay fifteen guineas for precisely the same license. I ask, Sir, after the above statement, if the operation of this law is such as any en- lightened person would desire. I am not of opinion the taking off the 501. per cent. would be of that advantage the petitioners expect, although at the present time it would be a great relief until a com plete revision of the spirit laws could take place, which must, I am convinced, and that at no distant period, be the case. What an act of injustice it is upon the individual above alluded to, to pay fifteen guineas for his retail license, when the highest rate charged to any dram-shop keeper in this town, for precisely the same, viz., a retail spirit license, amounts to only twelve guineas, and the quantity sold by the dram-shop keeper in one day (Saturday) is more than the person above alluded to sells in one year ! Then I have no hesitation in saying the tax on spirits ought in justice to be charged by consumption of the article. I could give you many more instances of injustice to the Licensed Victualler, but Ithink I have said enough, at this time, to convince you that the operation of this law is bad, and have no doubt from the liberality of your re marks generally, you will advocate the cause of an injured class of individuals. It will be a great satisfaction for me to read in your paper your opinion on the subject above alluded to, and if my remarks meet with your considera tion, my object will be gained. I am, Sir, yours very respectfully, A FOUR YEARS' SUBSCRIBER, AND LICENSED VICTUALLER. Nottingham, March 15, 1836. SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) (FROM LLOYD'S.) DEAL, MARCII 16.—Wind W. S. W.—Arrived the Com merce, —, from Charleston ; Montpelier, Allen, from ditto, with decks swept, having been on her beam ends. Sailed the whole of the homeward bound. Arrived from the River the Ganges, Broadhurst, for Madras ; Perseverance, Smith, for St. Helena; Eliza Ann, Brugess, foi. Baltimore ; Jane, Cushen, for St. Thomas's ; Sandwich, Forster, for Berbice ; Somerset, Murray, for Jamaica; Eliza, Davison ' for New York ; Britannia , Mitch ell, for Cadiz ; Mazeppa, Martin, for Lisbon ; Achilles, Darwin, for the Mauritius ; Adeline, Guthrie, for Bombay ; Castle Huntly, Jolly, for ditto ; a n d Patriot, Farren, for the ape of Good Hope. The Runny mede, for Sidney, is riding on the Black Duff, with less of anchor and cable, as reported. BRISTOL, MARCH 16.—Arrived the Albert, Henry, Alicata. CLYDE, MARCH 16.—Arrived the Arcadian, Auld, Savannah. MARGATE, MARCH 16.—Arrived off port the Sultana, Scott, from St. Michaels. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH W.—Wi d W. FALMOUTH, M ARC H 15.—Wind W., strong gales and squally.—Arrived the Mameluke, Mason, from Sunderland to Bordeaux—cargo shifted. TORBAY, MARcti 15.—The whole of last night it has blown a very h eav y gale, at intervals increased to a hurricane, from W. N. W. to W. S.W. Several pieces of ash and elm timber have picked up and landed here, belonging to the John Eaton, from Teignmouth to Falmouth, lost about six weeks since. The Christian, from Ballina to Liverpool, is on shore on the east bank of Kilkana Bar, but expected to be got off. The fienriette, of St. Maio, from Ferrol, was totally lost with her cargo, off Bourbon, previous to the 11th December. Lord Ashburton has reduced his rents in Essex con siderably, according to the circumstances of his various tenants. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MARCH 16. The SPEAKER entered the House at a few minutes to Four o'Clock, but there being only thirty-thiee Members present at t hat hour, the House was adjourned till to-morrow. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1836. BUNGAY CHURCH RATES. A vestry meeting of the parish of Bungay, St. Mary, was held yesterday (Tuesday), pursuant to the notice of the Churchwardens, to settle what course should be taken with reference to the amount of Church Rate then in arrear. The Rev. R. Coss, Deputy Perpetual Curate, in the Chair. Mr. S. SCOTT, Churchwarden, stated that the present meet ing was called to consider the question proposed in the no tice, because there was reason 'to believe a change was about to be made by Parliament in the laws relating to Church Rates ; and the Churchwardens desired to know whether the vestry would not prefer to have measures for recovery postponed, tietil they saw what alteration the Par liament might make. If the Churchwardens had proposed such delay before, it would have been premature, and they would not have been justified in doing so, nor did they re quire it, while the law continued without a strong probabi lity of alteration. - The number of defaulters was—of those who refused payment, 24, and of those who declined from alleged inability, 34. The latter number was greater than it would otherwise have been, from the circumstance that several cottage assessments were, for the first time, included. Mr. WEBSTER asked how it happened that a rate due from Mr. Robert Childs, for the year 1834, had never been collected, as there was no doubt of that Gentleman's abi lity to pay ? This is the same rate for which Mr. John Childs was imprisoned. Mr. SCOTT replied, that Mr. R. Childs having postponed payment until the proceedings against his brother were closed, the Churchwardens had deferred a second applica tion until that period, and when made (at Midsummer, 1835), he had again refused. Mr. C. CHILDS observed, that Mr. R. Childs having twice refused was no reason why he should be excused, or why means for recovery should be deferred for a twelve month subsequently. The obligation of the " Oath of Office," which the Churchwardens had pleaded as their reason for proceeding against Mr. John Childs, was equally binding in the case of his brother. Mr. SCOTT—We deferred proceeding for the rate of 1834, because another would soon be due, and the same proceedings would include both. Mr. C. CHILDS reminded him that in Midsummer, 1835, when Mr. R. Childs refused payment, no.new rate had been laid, and of course none was due. . Mr. SCOTT—No ; but it was intended to make one. Mr. W. Coca—You can't complain on both sides, of the churchwardens, for proceeding against Mr. J. Childs, and not against Mr. R. Childs. You can't say it is hard on both sides to enforce the rate . from one, and excuse another. Mr. C. CHILDS observed that he did not intend to offer any remarks on the Churchwarden's proposal of delaying measures for recovery, nor to take part in its adoption or rejection ; but he would observe, that at the Easter Meet ing last year there was so strong a probability of immediate legislative change, that Mr. Archdeacon Glover had ex pressed his unequivocal conviction that no new rate would be required ; and when the present rate was made, the same probability was urged to induce the Churchwardens and vestry not to pass it ; but they disregarded it then. Mr. SCOTT said the probability was much greater now than then. Mr. MORRIS said it was certain wlien the rate was made that Parliament would soon change the law ; but they now pleaded that fact to give a colour for discontinuing measures which they were sick of, and as an excuse for the present cowardly proposition. Mr. P. WALKER thought it would justify dissatisfaction if the defaulters were excused. Mr. B. SAYER—The arrears ought- to be settled up — that's the most simple plan—l would enforce them all. The CHAIRMAN then put the former part of the propo sition, whether proceedings should now be taken. For the affirmative several hands were held up, and as the Chairman began to count the respective numbers, several Dissenters and others, who intended to take no part in the vote, withdrew. The Chairman was proceeding to put the second part, whether proceedings should be delayed until the subject had been considered in Parliament, when he was asked whether the former Itiestion had been carried or not, and he said he was about putting the first negatively by putting the second. And after sonic conversation on the propriety of disposing of one proposition at a time, the first question was again put, when there appeared, for taking proceedings forthwith—all present,' who voted ; and against it—none. The list of defaulters was then gone through, seriatim, and after striking out the names of a few who were sup posed unable to pay, forty-one inhabitants remained. Mr. SCOTT, before the Churchwardens took proceedings, begged to ask whether there were any person present so much a friend to the voluntary principle, as to offer to guarantee to them the amount in arrear. Mr. DAUBY (who had retired during the vote) said that as a liberal churchman he would undertake to do so, if any other person would join him. He was a young trades- Man, but should be glad to subscribe, himself, and to en deavour to collect the remainder, for the sake of preventing such disturbance of the peace . of the town. Mr. Was. DYBALL, addressing Dawby—You'll never raise the sum,.l can assure you—you have got the wrong customors. Mr. W. COCK advised the Dissenters to subscribe and raise the sum in arrears. Mr. WEBSTER replied, that the sum was in arrear, ex actly because the Dissenters refused to pay. When the vestry made the rate, they refused- the offer of the Dis senters voluntarily to subscribe twice the amount, and it was folly now to ask them to subscribe for the payment of their own arrears. Mr. Scort., addressing Earl the constable, desired him to call and demand the rate from all the defaulters, and to deliver the list of such as refused to Mr. Elswood, a professional man, with instructions to proceed for the re covery of the respective sums. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY. This Court was specially called yesterday to receive the Report of the City Lands' Committee on the London Grand Junction Railway. Deputy GIBBS presented the Report, which was as fol lows :—" We whose names are hereunto subscribed, your Committee for letting the City Lands, in the account of the Chamberlain of London, to whom it was referred to watch the proceedings in Parliament in relation to the Grand Junction Railway, which is proposed to commence near the Regent's Canal, in the parish of St. Pancras, and extend through Clerkenwell and Hatton-garden to Skinner -street, do certify that we referred the same to a Special Com mittee, who have been attended by Sir Samuel Whalley and other persons on behalf of the Company for making the said Railway, and heard them thereon, when the Special Committee suggested that :the same should not extend towards the City beyond Hatton-garden, or the City boundary beyond Sharp's-alley, it appearing to them that Hatton-garden would afford a convenient access to the leading thoroughfares of the City, and accomplish the main object of the Bill, and at the same time effect a very considerable saving to the Company, by obviating the purchase of the most valuable property within the proposed line ; but the parties objected thereto, and contended that nothing short of the entire line would answer the purpose desired. The special committee having fully considered the subject, and being desirous of giving effect to the resolution of this Honourable Court of the Ist day of March instant, to prevent any railway extending into the City, were of opinion that the said Bill should be opposed by the Corporation, and, for which purpose, a pe tition should be presented to the Honourable the House of Commons against the same, and a draft of a petition having, under the direction of the said special committee been pro posed, they had approved thereof, and recommended the same to be presented accordingly. A copy thereof is hereto annexed, and we, agreeing with the said special committee, submit the same to the judgment of this Honourable Court." Deputy GIBBS moved that the report should be agreed to. Upon the motion of I\l.r. GALLOWAY, petitions in favour of the railroads were read. Mr. CASH (one of the petitioners) addressed the Court in support of the claims of the petitioners, and explained the objects'of the company. After some discussion it was finally resolved, " that the Court doth agree with the committee in their said retort, but that the petition be not acted upon, provided the rail way company consent to confine the terminus of the road to such a distance northward of Holborn-bridge, or of Snow-hill, as shall be approved of by the Committee, and also that the objectionable clauses in the Bill be altered." The report was then referred back to the committee to prosecute the petition as they shall be advised, subject to the resolution agreed to, and the Court immediately after wards adjourned. The property of Mr. Mathews, the late celebrated comedian, is to be disposed of amongst his friends and the public next week. Friday and Saturday are set apart for the public to see them. His old friend, George Robins, presides on the occasion. There is at present, in Jedburgh, a French water dog of uncommon sagacity ; but it is not remarkable for its sagacity alone,—for instead of its skin being covered with hair, it has a fleece of wool, considered by the best judges to be equal to Merino. 'The proprietor, within the last two years, has made the fleeces into a vest, a pair of trousers, and two pair of gaiters. 'll4 wool is of a beautiful fawn colour. —Scotsman. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The Chancellor of the Exchequer made a statement to the House on Tuesday night, which was heard with the most profound attention, • and will, no doubt, be cordially received by the public at large. The Right Honourable Gentleman announced the intention of Government to set about the arduous task of conso lidating the multitudinous and incongruous collection of the Stamp Acts into one systematic code, effecting, at the same time, great reductions in some important items, and substituting the equitable principle of an ad valorem duty for the present system, which presses unequally, and that to no small extent, upon the less wealthy classes of the community. We refer our readers to our report of Mr. Rice's speech for the details of the many beneficial alterations contemplated by the Government with respect to the stamp duties upon conveyances, leases, probate of wills, indentures of apprenticeship, bills of exchange, and all the various objects liable to this, tax. The changes proposed will in every case be found as favourable to the public as they are just in themselves. But perhaps the most important announcement made by the Right Honourable Gentleman, and which will be regarded with 'the deepest interest by the people generally, was th a t respecting the reduction contemplated on the stamp duty on newspapers. The reduction of this tax to one penny, allowing newspapers to circulate as now, free of postage, is the mode proposed by Government to meet the wishes of the people upon this important subject. It is clear that were the tax entirely re pealed, a postage must be substituted, which would then press unequally upon the country districts, which would become either isolated from the metropolis or compelled to pay a higher price for political informa tion than those who can both better afford it and stand less in need of it, thus barring up the avenues against the progress of that very political knowledge which it is the object of the Liberal party to extend and dif fuse. The discussion on the subject was postponed, by agreement, till the financial statement of the year shall be laid before the public, when it was intimated that the sense of the House would be taken upon the question of the reduction or total abolition of this duty. —Morning Chronicle. The spirit of faction which infuses itself more or less noxiously into every public institution in Ireland, is not excluded from the retreats of science and of learning. The liberal arts are there studied under the most illiberal auspices. The University which gives the tone to the learned Commonwealth, is a grand Orange Lodge, of which neither its Grand Chancellor the Duke of Cumberland, nor its represen tative, Mr. Shaw, heed to be ashamed ; and the Royal Dublin Society, which has not the name nor the pre tence of a theological seminary to give a colour to its sectarian likings and aversions, is nearly as bad. This latter . society was founded for the promotion of agri culture and other useful arts ; and as long as it at tended singly to those praiseworthy objects, feeble and inefficient as were its efforts, the aid and countenance of Parliament were freely given to it. An annual grant of 5,3001., has been customarily voted to this Society in the Irish Estimates ; which, together with the accumulations of former years, and the admis sion fees and annual subscriptions of Members, rendered it one of the most opulent Societies of the kind in the United Kingdom. The fine income of the institution, and the advantages arising from its charter, and the co-operation and countenance of the Government, might have rendered it a channel of great national benefit and improvement. The good, however, which it has actually done is scarcely worth mentioning. Two or three professorships have been well endowed ; and occasionally a good course of lectures has been delivered in its splendid halls. There is also a museum and a library, neither of them of very high repute ; and latterly an annual exhibition of manufactures and inventions has taken place, under the protection of the Society, which seems calculated to stimulate the native energies and talents of the Irish people, and direct public attention usefully to the in dependent resources of the country. But " Jeshurun waxed fat and kicked." The gentlemen who took a leading part in the management of the Royal Dublin Society, seeing that they had a fine, palace, with spa cious apartments at their command, and that it was a pleasant place to meet and discuss physics, mechanics, georgics, and all kinds of knowledge, bethought them 'of crowning their scientific investigations by add ing the study of politics to their other labours. Ac cordingly an excellent news-room—till then a deside ratum at that end of the town—was added to their apartments ; and the whole learned cohort might be seen of a morning trooping down Kildare-street, to exercise themselves, after the manner of the fashion able idlers of Athens — Inter sylvas Academi qumrere novum. The second edition of The Sun was a more attractive object than all the Quarterly Journals in the universe, and every science was forgotten in the discussion of that branch of pneumatics which was connected with the due arrival of the Holyhead packet. These novel pursuits of literature came to the ears of the then Se cretary for Ireland, Lord Francis L. Gower (now Egerton), who, not thinking it becoming . to see any part of the Parliamentary grant expended in purchas jAniger a1.:341(1r the ee adjacent e t t gentlemen parts who of inhabited ole to w n, wrote to the Society, remonstrating against such n w . srLe r r e s , to i a perversion of a public benefaction. H is Lordshi p 's letter was attended to. The subsc ribers a g reed make a private collection among themselves fo r the n dulgence of their itching ears, and to leave the funds of the Society wholly applicable to the national ob jects they were designed to serve. For one whole year they continued to take in the news at their own expense, and having thus charmed the eye of the Go vernment, they went back quietly into the old track, and ordered their papers as before at the expense of the country. From that time to the present, the Bri tish. Parliament has been in the habit of voting an an imal sum to furnish the newsroom of the Dublin Royal Society. The Dublin Society soon degenerated into a mere newspaper club ; and its affairs having fallen into the bands of a clique, nine-tenths of the individuals composing it being much better skilled in electioneering inrrigues than they were either qualified or disposed to open their minds to the liberalizing light and in fluence of scientific knowledge, the admission of members ceased to be regulated by fair and honour able principles ; and the ballot-box became, in the last resort, a convenient instrument for keeping, not the council or the associates of the Society, but the select.A system company whichof exclusion, x resorted el u si t n o , o the n a c n c e o w n ' news-room, o r oo f m t , h quite uite e po litical opinion s o f t h e can did a t es , h as b een f or a con siderable workedareso famous.witli that sleight foarvowihdeiedh thethe Irish tacticians odium and public outcry which would have resulted from frequent rejections. The introduction of new members, unless they were ascertained to be " of the right sort," was discouraged in every possible way. It was soon felt an d un d erstoo d b y gent l emen no t of the .clique, that they had no business there. Irish pride is easily alarmed.. The bare apprehension of a repulse was sufficie n t to d eter severa l w h o wou ld have liked to gain admission from exposing themselves to the dis grace ; and thus the Exclusives were left a great measure undisputed and chuckling' masters Qf the sumptuous palace of the Fitzgeralds, and its news room. But in an evil hour, somebody proposed the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin as a candidate, and the Society blackbeaned him. One of its rules is, that a third of the members present may reject ; and there fore, although Dr. Murray had a majority of votes, he was excluded. A more unwise thing in its generation the t So e ci s e t t a y tin c o oul w d h n i e o i t i done l l i l e av h e oids D : r.for, Murray a t without is t considering h un iversally esteemed for hi s personal qualities. Benevolent,, prudent, moderate, learned, and eloquent, he has be en many year s b e f ore t h e pu b l i c, i n a most trying and arduous situati on , and never yet forfeited the resp ect even of the P rotestant com munity. Why su ch a man should b e re p e ll e d f rom t h e d oo rs of a Society professing to b e d evote d to t h e improvement of Ire land, is a question which not one of its members has yet answered. Some one, indeed, has whispered that " Doctor D ens ' Th eo l ogy " was -the cause ; but it ap pears more like an emanation from Doctor O'Sulli van s Theology than any thing else. Some of our readers may think this is a distinction without a dif ference. At the time, however, when that vast display of vigour was resolved upon, the angel Mortimer was abroad upon his mission, pouring out his vial upon the seat of the beast ; and flourishing accounts were daily arriving of the tottering state of the Whig Go vernment, under the scorching heat of his trumpet blast. The borough elections had not then taken place ; and the insult offered to Dr. Murray was what Chief Baron Joy might term " only a little antici pation." Whatever may have been the cause, the effect is for the public. The attention of . the country has been drawn to the constituti on an d management of the Royal Dublin Society; and we expect that it will not be diverted, until some efficient means are adopted, with the sanction of Parliament, to place the Institu tion on a foundation more congenial to the objects and pursuits which are proper to it, and should wholly engage it. The Irish Government has made over tures to the Society to mend itself ; but the sugges tions of the Lord Lieutenant have been loftily and di'sdainf'ully rejected by the Club in the News-room. They seem to think that their charter places them above every species of restraint, and that they can still retain, in spite of the people, what is public pro perty, and manage it at the discretion of a faction. We trust that the Parliament will undeceive them on that point, and make them understand that a public trust, however sustained or enriched by private contri- butions, is still a public property, and subject to popu lar control. We have not left ourselves room to ad-. vert particularly to the correspondence of the Society with the Irish` Government. But we shall resume the subject. In the meantime we ask John Bull (we do not mean the Newspaper so miscalled) what he thinks of a public vote for the purpose of supplying an ex clusive knot of Dublin Tories with the 'Journals of the day ?—Morning Chronicle. Most of those individuals belonging to the Orange Lodges in Ireland who possess any claim to the cha racter of respectability, seem disposed to yield to the unanimous deelaiation of the House of Commons and the wish of the King for the suppression of such So cieties. Many Lodges have been dissolved, and others are in a fair way to that happy repose which only the enemies of mankind.would seek to disturb. It, is the wisest course they could adopt ; but we are willing to allow to a more generous motive than cold prudence its due share in producing this determination. The Earl of Enniskillen is using his great influence in the North of Ireland to induce the Orangemen to submit ; and, we understand, that a general meeting is about to be held in Fermanagh, ,of, which - county he is the Lieute nant, for the purpose of recommending acquiescence to the will of the Sovereign, and inculcating peace and orderly conduct. Lord Cole also, the Earl of Enniskillen's son, has exerted himself with great effect to reconcile his friends and constituents to the necessity of laying aside their factious emblems and observances, and con- ducting themselves henceforth as becomes loyal men and good citizens. He took occasion, previous to the Assizes, to assemble the leaders of the party at Flo rence court, and exact from them a _solemn promise, which they readily gave, to obey the spirit of the King's Message to the House of Commons. In the county of Antrim, which is reckoned the most Orange district after Fermanagh, the lodges have almost unanimously agreed to disperse. "If these shows be not outward, they promise cheerily for the peace and well-being of Ireland. But whether they be genuine or not, they are proofs that the Govern ment is strong, and its measures well taken and effective. We trust and hope most sincerely that they may be received as indications of growing good sense and moderation• in that class of Irish society upon whose conduct and example the happiness and civilisation of their country so much depend. There arc yet some crazy and vulgar fools who affect to die hard, and want to make a name for themselves by setting decency and common sense at defiance. The Rev. Sir Harcourt Lees is at the head of these people. Though sunk to the chin in the Slough of Despond, he hiccups his " nil despe randum ' with a heroism and philosophy not exceeded by Sir Hudibras in the stocks ; and as there is no person so low in the social scale but that he can find others to imitate him, Sir Harcourt has disciples who even better his instructions. It shames us to relate an occurrence which a sense of duty to the public will. not permit us to suppress. On the 7th instant the Orange Lodge of Banagher, in the King's county, held a nightly meeting, for the purpose of deliberating on the state of the party and the exigencies of the times. There was much singing and carousing, which caused the sitting to be protracted an hour beyond midnight, when the lodge seperated, having first declared against a dissolution. On their way home, at that hour of the night, through the town, which is chiefly inhabited by Ca tholics, a person who seemed to be the grand master of the revels stopped on the highway, and with a stentorian voice proclaimed that toast which has caused so much rancour and unhappiness—" The glorious, pious, and immortal memory of King William the Third !" And who was this person ?—A Pro testant clergyman, the Rev. Mr. Hanagan! We should like to know who is the Bishop, of Banagher ? It is not long since Mr. Burdett, son of the Protestant incumbent of the town, headed a similar nocturnal mob through its streets, alarming and insulting its peacefti inhabitants. Is it an allowed practice for the sons o: the prophets thus to propagate the faith in that town ? And if it be, again we ask, who is the Bishop of Ba nagher ? Mr. O'Connell has a favourite proverb very derogatory to the piety of that place, which, for its coarseness, we do not much admire ; but pranks such as we now feel ourselves bound to notice seem to give it a certain propriety :—" Banagher," he says " beats the Devil." We should rejoice to hear of its clergy beating him too ; but not as some of them now would seem to do—with his own weapons.—Morning Chronicle. The proceedings in the House of Commons on Tuesday, relative to the Stamp Acts and the duties they impose, demand some notice, though they were professedly preliminary, and' may lead to nothing. We remarked yesterday upon the juggling between Mr. Wakley and Mr. Rice in the manner of bringing forward the question., which enabled Mr. Rice to take a first benefit, though he contemplates a second in April, the month to which the Whigs so appropriately removed the commencement of their financial year. We need say hardly anything about the gross incon sistency, and we shall certainly not take the unneces sary trouble of exposing the thimble-riggery, of Mr. Rice on Tuesday. The last is, we are sorry to say, but too evident ; and the first was admirably held up to ri dicule and censure, not to say contempt, by Sir It. Peel, who exhibited our precious Chancellor of the Exchequer in the two distinct and contradictory characters of a Minister (I) fuming and fretting like a puddle in a storm at Mr. Divett, for proposing a reduction in the spirit licenses before his Excellency Dot-and-Carry/ One had brought forward his budget ; and the same Minister only a few night afterwards whipping the small beer of his oratory into an apolify for a froth, out of which evaporated a penny stamp on news papers—a process, by the way, which we undertand Mr. Rice's f e llow -countrymen, the Irish members, with whom " bag" is the short for " budget," de scribe as " letting the cat out of the bag before it was opened." As to Mr. Rice's schedules which regulate the amount of duties, we should wish to see them entire before we pronounce any opinion upon them. He appears •not to have had any very clear notion of them himself, and Mr. Ord, who helped him in the work, would seem to be still more at fault. We shall be very much surprised if two gentlemen, so ex cellently fitted as Mr. Ord and Mr. Rice are to make a mess of anything they undertake, have produced aught but a hotch-potch here. As the Ord and Rice consolidation of the 150 Stamp Acts into one Act of 330 sections—as long and as pompous perhaps .as one of Mr. Rice's own speeches, without being a whit more intelligible—we pray all rational men to compare this scheme with Mr. Goulburn's. Mr. Goalburn ex plained, that by his plan, propounded so long ago as 1830, for consolidating the Stamp Acts, those statutes were to have - been dividedinto a number of separate acts. " It wa s my intention," said Mr. Goulburn, " to have brought in one general law applicable to all descriptions .of stamps, and t o h ave f o ll owe d it up with 10 particular statutes, each applying to a particular description of stamps. The first would have related to the stamp duties on deeds and law proceedings in England , the second, to the stamp duties on bills of exchange and on promissory notes ; the third, to the stamp duties on probates of wills and on letters of admi-' nistration ; the fourth, to the stamp duties on news-di - papers ; the fifth, to the stamp duties on cards and dice ; the sixth, to the stamp duties on gold and silver plate ; the seventh, to the stamp duties on hawkers' and pedlars' licenses ; the eighth, to the stamp duties on stage-coaches and post horses ; the ninth, to the stamp duties on the proceedings in ' the courts of law and equity in Ireland ; and the tenth, to the stamp duties on game certificates." Now, it strikes us that this was proceeding not only like a man of system and of sense, but withal like a mer ciful man. The reference to the law under each particular head would have been easy, and a man whose business rendered it necessary for him to know what should be the stamp on a promissory note of a certain amount would not have been compelled, before he could acquire that knowledge, to pay for a bulky and expen sive volume, containing the law relative to duties on post horses, game certificates, coaches, pedlars' li- censes, law proceedings, &c., &c. This tax, however, will be imposed upon the public by the Dromio Jus tinicus of the Melbourne Cabinet, we suppose for the purpose of assisting in the diffusion of useful know ledge. And this in the teeth of taking off the tax on newspapers, which is done professedly for the same end ! Now, suppose any one had proposed for law that no man should buy a newspaper without purchasing with it, and at the same time, " The Whole Duty of Man," or any other cumbrous but orthodox book ? he would have been laughed at, of course. Granted ; but how came the niemberS of the House of Commons to keep their countenances when Mr. Rice propounded a measure which enacts, that if a poor country shop keeper be desirous of eking out a slender livelihood by selling stamps for promissory notes, and being for that purpose compelled to make himself acquainted with the scale of duties relative thereto, he shall be taxed with the purchase of the whole duty of horses, pedlars, lawyers, &c. 2 Oh ! this Chancellor of the Exche quer, now that he has got a Jack Rugby in Mr. Ord, promises precious fun. We anticipate a great treat from the budget. A word or two respecting the farce that was played apropos to the stamps on newspapers. It commented with the presentation. of petitions pray ing for the repeal of those duties, and for which peti tions Mr. Rice was so innocent as to express vast "re- , spect. Can it be possible that Mr. Rice is ignorant of the not only not concealed, but notorious, because a thousand times published, fact, that these petitions are got up by a society in London, of which ex-tailor _ Place and ex-Chancellor Brougham are the main springs ? Does he not know that this society have a common form of petition on this sub ject—that they send a copy into every hole and cor ner, and humbug the people by telling them that if they sign it, they will get a relief from taxation? Respect such petitions ! Why, we shall next have Mr. Rice taking off his hat to Punch in innocence that the puppet is made of wood, and believing that it is really Punch that talks, not the showman. Let us observe, in passing, that we can no more under stand why Mr. ex-tailor Place should be so anxious upon this subject, than we can comprehend why ex- Chancellor Brougham should take such a colleague to his arms. Supposing the tax to be, as the senseless simpletons who cry out against it, stupidly say it-is-- " a tax on knowledge"—still it is not a tax on that sort of knowledge which Mr. Place is most famous for diffusing—namely, knowledge of that disgraceful and demoralizing philosophy of which he is the emeritus professor, and which, as we dare not describe it in English, we must be allowed to designate as concubi tus sine Lucina.—Times. It is the present disgrace of Ministers—and if their names reach posterity it will be their future reproach and shame—that they have prostituted to party or factious purposes many of the noblest opportunities which have been within their reach of b establishina sub- stantial improvements. In England or in Ireland, at home or abroad, we find the hopes which might justly have been entertained from the policy of a really liberal Ministry grievousYy disappointed. We will not say that the disappointment is uniform. We admit that some acts of the Administration deserve our praise ; but they have been " few, and far between," and bear but a small proportion to those measures which, seeming to be for the public good, have proved .eventually to be but for the promotion of party views. This is the de lusion of which we complain—that instead of abuses being removed, as the public had a right to expect from an Administration professing liberality, we find that the alterations which take plac e h ave on ly the effect of tranferring the party advantages of such abuses froth one set of men to another. Whoever succeeds, justice and the public weal is still the loser. Quicquid delirant reges, plectuntur Achivi. But of all the various means which the interests of party or the violence of faction could fasten upon, to turn from a just and laudable purpose to an unjust and pernicious end, surely that of the education of youth ought to have been the last ; and yet of that the public have to complain. The exposure which has been made by the Bishop of Exeter of the working of the public education system in Ireland, proves that it is very much, if not altogether, a party business ; and that whatever the original intention may have been, the ultimate result is that of pampering one party while another is provoked. The Report, upon the good faith of which the nation is called upon to vote away a very large sum of money, has been shown to be extremely fallacious, if not intentionally delusive ; and the whole system to which it refers has evidently become a system rather of party than of education—rather of sectarian triumph than general improvement. It has been objected to the Bishop of Exeter's .speech, that it was long ; but this objection suggests its own reply ; and if none better than this could be urged, silence on the part of Ministerial advocates would have been more becoming. It was irideed long, but so WAS the train of abuses which it was necessary to expose. Abuses are not to be overlooked because the institu tions into which they have found their way are modern. If it be right to inquire into and to reform the abuses of institutions founded by our ancestors, it is no less right and no less necessary to inquire into and reform those which have perverted the means that we have ourselves devised for the people's good. This appears to have been most signally the case with respect to the plan devised for the public education .of the rising generation in Ireland, a plan which has already been of great pecuniary expense, and upon which it is proposed to expend no less a sum than 200,0001. a year, as the regular and permanent charge of the establishment. What if this 200,0001. a year be for the promotion of religious and political opinions hostile to the religion and the laws of Great Britain ? What if it be for the promotion of bad education instead of good ? Is that not a matter to be inquired into ? Yet Lord Melbourne says it is not. After the statement of the case by the Bishop of Exeter, we think it cannot be doubted that there was a printii facie case of great abuse. ,Grant that it was cx parte ; it was not judgment that was called for, but inquiry ; and it is difficult to be= heve that if such a case could have been brought for ward of abuse in favour of the Protestant party, such an inquiry would not have been granted. We think that Ministers would have been afraid to have refused Mr. O'Connell a Committee of Inquiry, if he had shown similar circumstances against a system of which the Protestant party were the patrons. It had been objected on former occasion of discussio n of the Irish but Roman education system, that scarcely any Ca tholics obtained the benefit of it ; but upon the strength of the present Report of the o Com in milsi n Commissioners, it it was affirmed that the clergy of all deoma applied for grants for sc hools under the new system. The Report went into detail to support these general statements, but the details are shown to be altogether illusory. Of 140 clergymen of the Established Church, who were stated,e n. i l o e ha co vef,h 9 erest e t i s o 0 ap p applied,ee applications only 40 Ist stated t were t o ate, or ed fi c titious, found to o be r g nu forged. have been received from Presby ter i an Ministers, 20 wer e found fictitious. Th e attempt to showthat Protestants to any consid era bl e extent share in t h e benefits which it was intended originally they s hould equally participate, totally failed. They have compa ratively no part in a s stem of which aenerally t he heads of the Ch urc h di y sapProve. But if i t were a good system o f mora l education even for Roman Ca tholics, we might, on their account, bear the expense without m urmur . Th ere i s , however, reason to bel i e v e that it is not so. The virulent prejudices which the